Don’t buy a new MacBook right now, no matter what model you’re considering. Bloomberg said this week that Apple is planning to introduce, at the very least, a refreshed MacBook Pro with Intel’s latest seventh-generation processors. Apple is also planning to update its smaller and thinner MacBook laptops with the new processors, too, so you’ll want to make sure you aren’t buying that right now either. Sit tight on buying a new MacBook, MacBook Air or MacBook Pro right now. Oh, and for what it’s w

There is speculation in Washington that House leadership might have to work some magic on its health care bill — again. New reports indicate the bill as passed might run afoul of the complex Senate rules Republicans are using to pass the legislation without any Democratic votes. Experts have wondered if the House bill would work under the Senate’s rules, which are supposed to restrict a bill considered under “budget reconciliation” to make sure it affects only federal spending and revenue. Provi

Australian millionaire Tim Gurner made waves around the world earlier this week when he scolded millennials, saying if they would only stop splurging on fancy coffee and avocado toast, they could afford to buy homes. Howler Magazine editor David Rudin took the reaction to the next level by releasing a specialized mortgage calculator that allows you to see just how much avocado toast you’d have to give up to afford a home. His intro reads, “If you’re here, another publication has likely suggested

Trump has reacted furiously to the appointment but Democrats and even many Republicans have generally welcomed it. “It explicitly usurped the role of the attorney general, the deputy attorney general and the entire Department of Justice,” Rosenstein said of that public announcement. “It violated deeply engrained rules and traditions; and it guaranteed that some people would accuse the FBI of interfering in the election.” He denied media reports from last week that Comey had asked him for additio

Jim Cramer rang the lightning round bell, which means he gave his take on caller favorite stocks at rapid speed:Gilead Sciences: “But [the hepatitis C cure is] a cure, sir. Qorvo: “Yeah, Qorvo did break out, because Qorvo reported a not-great quarter and then the stock went up anyway. Remember, bulls make money, bears make money, pigs? I think that’s a brilliant move because I think that Steve Tanger is still going to make money for you because those are experiential malls. Mad Money Twitter – J

It seems that Tim Tebow is really good for business. The former National Football League quarterback has been trying his hand in the world of professional baseball since August 2016 and he’s definitely made an impression. Attendance at Tebow’s home field in Columbia, South Carolina, has jumped nearly 40 percent this year, according to Baseball America, a magazine and online publication that tracks baseball statistics from the minor to the major leagues. Tebow’s team, one of 14 in the South Atlan

“The mall space has to change and is changing,” retail investment research firm founder Jane Hali told CNBC in an interview. Mall owners, like GGP and Simon, are looking to restaurants, service-related concepts and grocery stores to bring traffic back to the mall now, Hali said. Another good reason for Forever 21’s launch of Riley Rose is the latest boom in the beauty and makeup business, Hali added. “Millennials obviously enjoy shopping for cosmetics in boutique environments such as Sephora and

“As alleged, Robert Walter Murray created a fake tender offer for Fitbit to drive up its share price and then illegally profit from his manipulation of the market. After profiting at the expense of the public, Murray allegedly took elaborate steps to hide that he was behind the fraud,” acting U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim said in the statement. Murray allegedly bought call options for Fitbit stock around Nov. 9, 2016, and then sold the options for a profit after the “sham tender offer” moved the com

Jim Donovan is dropping out as President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as deputy Treasury secretary. The Goldman Sachs executive, nominated in March to serve as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s No. “I am deeply honored by President Trump’s decision to nominate me as Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury,” Donovan said in a statement. “Secretary Mnuchin offers Jim his support and friendship as he focuses his attention on his family,” Treasury spokesman Tony Sayegh said in a

Regulations dictate that the default investment for the money in these accounts be something safe, often a money-market account. So if you’re leaving a job and you get a letter from your 401(k) administrator telling you that your money will end up in one of these IRAs if you don’t act — well, act. (If your employer does not work with T. Rowe Price, you can put your own numbers into a similar tool that Wells Fargo has on its website.) But you should know what the numbers actually are before you g

When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was asked to give this year’s commencement address at Harvard, he asked for advice from Bill Gates. This recent exchange between two famous Harvard dropouts might lead you to think college doesn’t matter. Numerous media stories and even famous billionaires are glamorizing dropouts or encouraging kids to skip college entirely. While it’s true there are successful college dropouts, statistically speaking, they are not the norm. As researchers in education and

Facebook takes a $122 million hit for giving EU regulators misleading information about WhatsApp Thursday, 18 May 2017 | 8:57 AM ET | 00:51Lucky for Facebook bulls, the company cooperated — or the damage could have been worse. Belgium and the Netherlands in the past week also released a statement that criticized how Facebook tracks users for advertising purposes. Yet investors should be clear that the regulatory environment in Europe seems to be turning against Facebook. When betting on how Fa

After arguably the worst week of his short time in office, President Donald Trump has the opportunity during his global tour next week to calm the political storms. Or, of course, he could simply make things worse. “In some ways, we might end up getting both Trumps. It’s not mutually exclusive,” said Stephen Myrow, managing partner at Beacon Policy Advisors. “These types of trips theoretically lend themselves to presidential moments, to the extent that he stays on script.”

One problem: the fear of Russian influence operations can be more damaging than the operations themselves. What the officer didn’t know, senior intelligence officials tell TIME, was that U.S. spies were listening. “We didn’t really understand the context of it until much later,” says the senior intelligence official. He was promptly hired by those working for Russian intelligence services, senior intelligence officials tell TIME. “The engineer who built them the algorithms is U.S.-trained,” says

The team said the research can help inform the mechanisms by which infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance spread throughout the world. The team collected HK $20 notes from cashiers at 12 hospitals and three metro stations throughout Hong Kong and scraped the bills for bacteria samples. In particular, currency had a wider diversity of bacteria than samples taken from people’s hands, drinking water, marine sediment, and the air in metro stations. Li said this means the bacteria from cash co

Oscar nominee Tom Hardy will portray the comic book anti-hero Venom in Sony’s first-ever feature-length “Spider-Man” spin-off, the studio announced on Friday. The casting comes at a critical time for the studio’s franchise based on the Marvel Comics’ flagship wall-crawler. After its first reboot of the series foundered, Sony Pictures cut a deal in 2015 to merge Spider-Man with Marvel Studios’ massively popular cinematic universe that features the Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy. In casting

Just when it seemed like the furious pace of hospital mergers in America was slowing down, we learned Friday morning that Boston-based Steward Health Care System will buy Tennessee-based IASIS Healthcare for $1.9 billion. The deal will make Steward the largest private for-profit hospital operator in the country with 36 hospitals across 10 states. Because the more hospitals merge, the more it costs all of us for our health care. From 2013 to 2015, merger and acquisition activity among U.S. hospit

They just have to have that sledgehammer in their pocket when they go to negotiate their other contracts”The mere prospect of China buying more of the fuel from the United States stands to upend the global LNG market. In Asian markets, most LNG is sold in long-term contracts, with prices indexed to the price of oil. Cheniere Energy currently operates the only LNG export terminal in the lower 48 states, but four others are under construction in Texas, Louisiana and Maryland. U.S. LNG export forec

Take-Two’s stock has rallied 38 percent this year, and Cramer expects the numbers to reflect its recent success. Wednesday: Retail earningsLowe’s and Tiffany & Co. will report earnings before Wednesday’s bell, and PVH will report after the close. In the game of “is retail strong or weak,” Cramer expects all three to be strong. While the market may be bearish on its stock, Cramer likes Costco’s story, and is looking forward to its earnings report. Friday: Big LotsBig Lots: Few retailers offer bet

In the words of the White House, “the American people should be able to interact with the government the way that they do with the best private-sector companies — through intuitive digital experiences that effectively solve problems.” The White House declined to comment for this story. Announced in April, the American Technology Council is comprised of federal officials who oversee technology-focused agencies, and it’s officially led by Chris Liddell, a White House aide who previously served as